Unearthing the hidden history of leprosy in the Americas-tracing its ancient origins, evolution, and profound impact on ...

Long considered a disease introduced to America by European colonizers, leprosy may in fact have a much older history on the American continent. Scientists reveal that a second species of ...

The discovery of Mycobacterium lepromatosis suggests leprosy was present in the Americas long before Europeans, altering the ...

Historians have for a long time believed that leprosy was introduced to the Americas by European settlers, but the latest research offers strong evidence to the contrary – suggesting that Indigenous ...

Long considered a disease brought to the Americas by European colonizers, leprosy may actually have a much older history on the American continent.

Leprosy is one such... armadillos and chimps are carriers. A paper, just published, examines the possibility of human infection from contact with red squirrels, the oldest known leprosy host.

Previous research had found leprosy in modern red squirrels, and genetic analysis suggested the strain was closely related to leprosy found in medieval humans. Don Hooper / Loop Images / Universal ...

Leprosy is one of the oldest recorded diseases ... such as armadillos and, more recently, red squirrels and chimpanzees,” the authors write. While scientists have traced the evolutionary ...

Leprosy may have spread between red squirrels and humans in medieval England, research suggests. Evidence gathered from two archaeological sites in Winchester suggest red squirrels may have been a ...

Researchers discovered leprosy-causing germs in people's DNA, as well as a red squirrel found in medieval UK locations, shedding light on the disease's spread. Scientists found leprosy-causing ...

Leprosy may have spread between red squirrels and humans between 10th and 11th century in England, research suggests. Credit: PA Leprosy may have spread between red squirrels and humans between ...